turn
part of speech
noun, verb (turn, turns, turned, turning)
meaning for a pupil
1) To turn means to move around a centre: the wheel turns. tree →
2) To turn means to change direction: turn left. tree →
3) A turn is your chance to do something in a game or in order: it's your turn. tree →
4) To turn means to become: the leaves turn red; she turned 9 (became 9 years old). tree →
5) To turn a page is to move it to see the next one. tree →
6) A turn is a movement around: a quarter turn, a half turn, a full turn. tree →
7) To turn something on means to switch it on, like a light or a machine. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah, "turn" often describes changing direction on a journey, and God "turning" from anger means He holds back from punishing. Interpretation: Tradition links turning from wrong to teshuvah, "return" or repentance, which is a central idea of the High Holy Days. In the primary lessons: Maths: turns in a game, turning pages, turns of a wheel; angles: a quarter turn is 90 degrees, a half turn 180, a full turn 360; clockwise and anticlockwise; «turned 9» gives an age. Everyday: take turns, turn on/off the light, turn up (arrive), turn down (say no or make quieter). Safety: wait your turn, turn off the tap.
examples
- 'Ye have compassed this mountain long enough; turn you northward. (Torah DEU.2.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- and tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away; (Torah GEN.27.44, JPS 1917) tree →
- Turn from Thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against Thy people. (Torah EXO.32.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- Doth one turn away, and not return? (Prophets JER.8.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- He that pursueth words, they turn against him. (Writings PRO.19.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- When I would turn the captivity of My people, (Prophets HOS.6.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- Each player has 3 turns. tree →
- She turned 20 pages. tree →
- The wheel makes 10 turns a minute. tree →
- Tom turned 9 last week. tree →
- A quarter turn is a right angle. tree →
- Take turns on the swing. tree →
- Turn left at the corner. tree →
- Please turn off the lights when you leave. tree →
- In autumn the leaves turn orange. tree →
- "Let's turn it on," she said. tree →
note
Countable noun; regular verb. Turns are counted; «turned 9» gives an age. A full turn is 360 degrees. «It is her turn» carries no number. Trap: «turn» (rotate) and «tern» (a sea bird) sound the same.
In the corpora
- And the men turned from thence, and went toward Sodom; but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
- and tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away;
- And Moses said: 'I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.'
- And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he lay even this to heart.
- Turn from Thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against Thy people.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «turn» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.